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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
solve your water problem, but only if you have abundant energy. Nordan believes the current financing system for start-ups — angel to venture investors, followed by a public offering — doesn’t work well for... View Details
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Nextel Partners: Put Option (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for [207-128] View Details
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)
Where should I start my research on arts and cultural organizations? Organization overviews Guidestar Pro Information about the missions, programs, and finances of IRS-recognized organizations, including View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
Ramanna. Economic tools of supply and demand can also be applied to studying the phenomenon of corruption. On the demand side, it is true that corrupt government officials sometimes garner a degree of sympathy from the public, legitimizing their bribe-taking. Some... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the financing costs faced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2013
- News
From Wall Street to Visual Art
over Habima Square—Tel Aviv's answer to Lincoln Center—they seem to be waiting for a conversation to begin. That is the hope of Sigal Bussel (MBA 2003), the artist behind the installation, who notes that Habima Square, one of Tel Aviv's most important View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
in business and public policy thanks to the many generous fellowships she received, Kyarisiima has returned to East Africa, where instead of focusing on infrastructure she is helping to build businesses in the region. “I’m passionate... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
genocide. As his goals for starting and running educational ventures expanded, he set his sights on HBS to deepen his finance and leadership skills and to acquire a more strategic worldview. “Coming from a nonprofit background, I figured... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
Its forecasted revenue growth rate is more than 90 percent, and its pre-tax margins run between 80 and 90 percent of sales. The problem is that John is seriously considering selling McAfee to Symantec.” That didn’t happen, according to Guthrie’s telling. McAfee went... View Details
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
designing wouldn't be satisfying to me." Looking for an alternative approach to international development As an undergraduate, Zayed spent a summer in Albania working with refugees from the war in Kosovo. After graduation, he spent a year in Pakistan doing View Details
- November 2010
- Supplement
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)
By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
This (B) case provides the 2009 reflections of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on CFTC Chairman Brooksley Born's 1998 efforts to consider regulating the OTC derivative market. It also provides a summary of the aspects of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that regulate these... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; District of Columbia
Rose, Clayton S., and David Lane. "Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-070, November 2010.
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), CEO of the Baupost Group, spoke about the perilous state of the public perception of capitalism. “People will say the words ‘Wall Street’ with a derogatory tone. They’re... View Details
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Transforming Health Care Delivery
href="http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/guidestar.html" target="_blank">GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations. View Details
- 28 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking
HBS student clubs, the Finance Club promotes finance-related activities and careers to students with a wide variety of finance-related interests, including investment banking. Banks can partner with the club for events and View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
moving off the shelf fast enough to yield $1 million, you probably have a consumer-marketing problem more than a financing problem. Do you know how well your product is moving off the shelf? It is easy to think you are succeeding based on... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services View Details
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
interventions, pursuing a strategy to “inform the public of preventive measures that save lives and reduce damage to property and infrastructure.”[2] However, in the absence of substantial international action on climate change, how can... View Details
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Real Property - Course Catalog
select public infrastructure (e.g., power, water, and transit), highlighting how they compare with core Real Estate asset classes in terms of risk, opportunity, and investor interest. Module 3: Capital Markets Focuses on sources of real... View Details
- December 2015 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Corning, 2002
By: Malcolm Baker
Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. James Flaws, the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
set of investors who previously had limited access to complex derivative products. These include insurance companies and public and private pension funds. They see the products as a way to earn higher yield. The growing purchase by such... View Details